Is Texting Harmful? Ashley Robertson ELA B 10b Words June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can
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The recent phenomenon of ‘texting’ only began in 1992‚ however children starting texting in the early 2000’s. So why is it thought that children are doing the majority of the texting? The most common assumption is that is that teenagers are filling their text messages with abbreviations and misspelling all of their words‚ however David Crystal a professor of linguistics has done many different studies which show that 80% of the people who are texting are adults and only 10% of the words are abbreviated
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Texting‚ social media affecting teen sleeping patterns BY ERIC MOORE | AUGUST 19‚ 2011 7:20 AM SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend Teens might not be getting enough sleep and texting and social media might be to blame. Recent research suggests a lack of sleep may be a growing problem because of increases in digital communication among young adults. While the effects of insufficient sleep are evident in high school as short-term problems‚ it’s becoming more apparent that being less attentive in
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Texting and Driving Texting has become a daily thing‚ it’s quicker than a phone call and it’s easy to keep in touch with everybody. But with texting‚ just like talking‚ comes the people who think they can text and drive. Texting takes about five seconds‚ but in that minute a lot of things can happen‚ you can run off the road‚ hit a car‚ hit a tree‚ the possibilities are endless. To type a text it usually takes five seconds‚ when driving at 55mph in five seconds you go as far as a football field
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Wright was texting what was claimed to be a short text message and took the life of this innocent little boy. Enzo’s mother‚ father‚ and sister walked away from the wreck as did the driver of the other vehicle Sydney. Enzo suffered a bruised windpipe and a skull fracture; he was transported by ambulance to the nearest hospital where he lived for two short days. He was unable to recover from his injuries‚ he was 6 months old. The purpose of this speech is to inform you of the dangers of texting and driving
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Title: Analyse the problems caused by the implementation of anti-smoking legislation in Hong Kong. Identify some solutions to these problems. Paragraph 1 In recent years many countries have enacted anti-smoking legislation. For example‚ on 1 January 2007 Hong Kong extended no smoking areas to cover the inside of restaurants‚ as well as offices and some public outdoor areas (Tobacco control‚ 2007). While these laws have been largely welcomed by both health advocates and the general population‚ they
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fats present in junk food‚ there is an accumulation of fat as well as development of insulin resistance which is an early indication of diabetic disorders. In time this weight gain could lead to other disorders such as‚ high blood pressure‚ cardiac problems‚ increased cholesterol levels‚ blockage in arteries‚ depression‚ loss of muscle mass and so on. Junk food increases your intake of cholesterol which leads to the thickening and blockage of arteries. This in turn could lead to an obstruction in the
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things discovered is texting and while texting is helpful it has a lot of disadvantages and downfalls. If texting could be listed as a skill‚ many of my friends would qualify as highly skilled in that area. I am glued to my phone and always texting so I know firsthand just how much texting can be abused and its less than helpful qualities. Texting kills some good old fashioned phone call conversations‚ face time‚ and is making annoying phrases part of everyday talking; texting is an obsession for
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The Proliferation of Texting by Teenagers Texting and social media are getting to be more of an integral part of the lives of future generations. More and more teenagers are getting to connect with the outside world online. In the passage‚ the author talks about the proliferation of texting by teenagers and the pros and the cons of having teens using social media. She adds reinforcing evidence to get the data to be more accurate. The author builds her argument‚ that social media affects teens‚ by
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In Cullington’s essay he talks about how texting is a bad influence on students who use its text speech in their writing‚ but does not really effect students focus nor grade because they do not mean to do it purpose. I disagree with his statement‚ and in my essay I used some of his points to bring out how it does affect students writing and focus causing them to get that bad grade. The influence technology has on students today is huge. Therefore‚ it is more important for teachers to enforce how
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